Short Courses
Dickens Assessment and Training Services (DATS) offers accredited and non-accredited short courses at our Brisbane office in Pinkenba, training centre in Coffs Harbour and we also offer courses onsite, with appropriate student numbers. In many circumstances short courses can be tailored to meet the specific needs of attendees, with course duration and availability being dependent on the course chosen.
Courses have two distinct phases, a training phase and an assessment phase. DATS has an extensive range of training programs accredited by ASQA.
Delivery Locations
QUEENSLAND - Great Brisbane Area, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Central, Darling Downs-Toowoomba, Mackay-Whitsundays, Wide Bay and South West.
NEW SOUTH WALES - Coffs Harbour, Grafton, Ballina, Lismore, Byron Bay, Tweed Heads, Bellingen, Nambucca Heads, Kempsey, Port Macquarie, Dubbo and Bourke as well as Sydney and surrounds.
Upcoming course dates are available via our Course Dates page.
C6 Crane
TLILIC0023
Licence to operate a slewing mobile crane (up to 60 tonnes)
Based on the National Standard for Licensing Persons Performing High Risk Work this course is a legal requirement for any person who operates a slewing mobile crane (up to 60 tonnes). This licence entitles the holder to also operate non-slewing and vehicle loading cranes.
Concrete Placing Boom
CPCCLBM3001
Licence to operate a concrete placing boom
This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to operate concrete placing booms safely. It supports the work of concrete placement workers who are responsible for locating concrete placing booms at the workplace and for setting up and operating the boom to deliver concrete safely and accurately as required. The concrete placing boom includes a knuckle boom capable of poweroperated slewing and luffing to place concrete by way of pumping through a pipeline attached to, or forming part of, the boom of the plant.
Load and Unload Goods/Cargo
TLID0015
Load and unload goods/cargo
This Unit includes loading and unloading goods and cargo, securing and protecting a load and completing all required documentation in accordance with relevant State or Territory roads and traffic authority regulations / permit requirements.
Materials Hoist
CPCCLHS3002
Licence to operate a
materials hoist
This unit specifies the outcomes required to operate a materials hoist being a builder's hoist by which only goods or materials and not personnel may be hoisted and where the car, bucket or platform is cantilevered from, and travels up and down externally to, a face of the support structure for licensing purposes.
Non-Slewing Crane
TLILIC0040
Licence to operate a non-slewing mobile crane (greater than 3 tonnes capacity)
Based on the National Standard for Licensing Persons Performing High Risk Work this course is a legal requirement for any person who operates a non-slewing mobile crane (greater than 3 tonnes capacity).
Personnel & Materials Hoist
CPCCLHS3001
Licence to operate a personnel and materials hoist
This unit specifies the outcomes required to operate a builder's hoist in which personnel, goods and/or materials may be hoisted, and which comprises a car, structure, machinery or other equipment associated with the hoist, and which may be a cantilever hoist, a tower hoist or a multiple winch operation. Included in this definition are situations where winches may be configured to operate as hoists for the transportation of personnel for licensing purposes.
Telehandler
RIIHAN309F
Conduct telescopic materials handler operations
This unit covers conducting telescopic materials handler operations in the resources and infrastructure industries. This course provides participants with the necessary knowledge and skills required to safely attend to lifting operations.
Vehicle Loading Crane
RIIHAN307E
Operate a vehicle loading crane.
This unit covers the operation of a vehicle loading crane under 10m tonnes in the resources and infrastructure industries. It includes planning and preparing for crane operations, operating and maintaining the crane, carrying out operator maintenance and cleaning up.